Baker&#39;s knife



THOMSEN BAKER S KNIFE Ma rch 24, 1925,

Filadvuly l1 1924 Patented Mar. 24, 1925.

UNITED? STATES Hens TI-IQMSEN, or cnrcneo, rumors.

BAKERS KNIFE.

Application filed. July 11,1924. Serial No. 725,387.

To all "whom it may concern-r Beit known that I, HANS C. THOMSEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, injthe county of Cook and" State 7 of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Bakeis" Knives, of

which the following'is a specification. 7

This invention relates, generally to i111- rovernents in cutters *or knives, but has particular relationtoa cutting device or knifeespeci ally intended for nsebybakers, or in bakeries, for the purpose of'eutting dough, pastries, cakes," bread and the like into'variousfshape's andf 'siz'es',-"a1 1d' it con- "sists in certain *pecul'iaritieslof the constriiction, novel arrangement and combination of the various parts thereof, which will be inore'readily understood and, clearly seen when read" in conjunction with the accompanying drawing. p An object of theinvention is, to provide a cutter or'knife of the above men tioned' general character," which shall be simple and inexpensive "in construction,

" strong, durableandefficient in operation,

with its parts so made, arranged and co operating with one another; that it can be nsed'for' cutting sheets," of dough or other pliable or plastic materialinto pieces of variouss'i'zes, shapes'and dimensions, or for cutting pastries of various kindslas well as jel'ly'roll's or marshmallow rolls and balls, fruit and other kinds of slices, and the like,"into portionsof different sizes and shapes, withont making "any structural changes in the cutter.

Anothenoblect' of the inventiom'is the provision of means "whereby certain parts ofthe'device may be readily adjusted with respectto one,v another, to the end'thatthe dimensions ofthe pieces of material to be cut may be. predetermin'ednnd ofuni'iorin size,"'as Well as, to enable the 'deviceto be more readily manipulated for'cut't-ing' doiigli or pastries and the-like.

Other objects and'advantaiges of the in.- vention will be "disclosed in theffoll-owing description; and explanation, which explanation will be more readily understood when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, in which an embodiment of Whiclrthe invention is susceptible is illustrated, it being understood that; changes and modificationsfma-y be resorted'to "without a departure. from thespirit of the invention,

may be-slid through the opening "-in the so long {as theyfall within the 1 Scope of the appended claims forming a part "hereefi' lnthedrawing V Fig. 1 is a perspee'tiveviewv of't'he knife or cutter showing its parts in abate-"the positions they will occupy when ready for use.

Fig. 2 is air-enlarged cross-sectio alwiew partly in elevation taken on V ine-"2l- 2 -of Fig! "1 lookingin the-"direction indicated by the arrows, and Y w Fig. 3' is a longitudinal sectional 'view taken on line 3+3 offFig; "1 as indicated' by the arrows, but"'shortenedfor con-veriience-ofilliistration.

Corresponding numerals of reference reflier to like parts tlir'oinqh'out the difle rent views of the drawing.

The reference numeral 5 de-si'gnat-e's the supporting shafit for the blades and' handle 7 5 of the device, which shaft is by. preference rectangular in cross-section and is provided onits upper surface with a graduated scale,

the indicating numeralsofwhich increase 'fronr'a zeroma'rkat the middle of the 'sh'aft 5 towards eachendof-"said shaftl These I graduating inarks are usuallydisposed at one-fourth of an inchapart, but inay be arranged; at abgre'a'ter or i sser aistaaee apart according to the de ree or acc aey desired in the adjustment ef-the-tlades'of the-device, as is obvious: Detachablj "mountedon-the shaft? 5 is :one end'of thehandle (S of'the iiOOlfOI iinplen ent which is provided within; a circular opening? located near the l'ower-end of the handle 6 with a sleeve on collar 8 which has a rectangular opening for the reception of the shalt '5' wliich' sh'a ft;

collar 8 until the lattenis positioned ini'cl way between the ends of the share. f The collarfi as shown in Figs. 1 and'Q of'the drawings is provided with a plnra-lity' 'of radiallydisposed slots 9 which are open the periphery of" the collar 8 but terniinate short of the opening in the collarfor the reception of the"shai:'t= and said slotsare for the purpose of"afioi'ding soinef*resiil iency to the collar which "is splitat its i05 upper portion bya radia,l '*sl'ot l0*which extendsironr tl' eperiphery' 'of ""ll through thesaiiie'to the "openl collarfor said shafti p The above "c'ons'trnctioiro f "the F coll'a'r is clearly shown in ig. 2, in which view it will be observed that the upper portion or the handle 6 is provided near its end adjacent the shaft 5 with a set screw 11 mounted on the handle so that its lower end will.

spect to the shaft 5, it is manifest that by loosening the screw 11 so as to remove its inner end from binding contact with the collar, the latter, on account of its'resiliency due to the slots 9 and 10, will expand so that the collar with the handle mounted thereon can be slid in either direction on the shaft.

Mounted on the shaft 5 on each side of the handle 6 is a knife blade 12 which are of the same construction as will be understood by reference to Fig. 1 of the drawing, in which view it will be seen that each of the blades 12 has rotatably mounted on its rear portion by means of a screw13 engaging a suitable opening in the shank or stem of the blade 12a circular cutter 14 each of which is mounted on the screw 13 between the head of the latter and the shank 15 of the blade so as to turn independently of its screw or journal. Each knife blade 12 has on its outer surface a boss 16 :provided with a rectangular opening 17 extended there-through for the reception of the shaft 5and communicat' gwith a similarly shaped opening 18 i each of the blades 12 through which openings the shaft is also extended. Each of the bosses 16 has seated in its upper portion a set' screw 19 adapted'to engage with its inner end the upper surface of the shaft 5 when it is desired to fix the blades 12 on said shaft after they have been suitably adjusted thereon. 7 By the foregoing arrangement and construction of the parts, it is apparent'that the handle 6 can be slid on the bar or shaft 5 to about the middle thereof and fixedly held insaid position bytightening up the set screw 11' whichnot only serves to cause the collar 8 to clam 1 the shaft 5 a ainst lon itudinal l o e may act to cut or divide the dough or the like into strips or slices of uniform width. If it is desired, the blades may be used by placing them cross-wise of the strip or slice formed by the rotary cutters and moved back or forth to cut slices into squares. Furthermore, it is obvious that if diamondshaped pieces are desired, the blades 141- can be positioned diagonally to the slice or strip and moved in the proper direction for sever- Assuming that the handle 6 is fixed on the ing the same.

shaft 5 by means of the set screw 11 and clamping collar 8 at about the angle shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, it is manifest that by pressing downwardly on the free end of the handle and utilizing the rotary cutters 14 as a fulcrum, the blades 12 can be elevated at their front ends to a considerable degree so that a jelly ormarshmallow roll of considerable diameter can be placed under the cutting edges of the blades, when by proper manipulation of the device, slices of the desired size can be cut from said vrolls.

The operation of the device for cutting slices or pieces of pastries, apple or coffee cake, fruit slices, and the like, is so obvious as to be deemed unnecessary to herein describe.

'By providing each of the blades 12 with the laterally disposed boss on one side thereof at about the uncture of the shank 15 with the blade, simple means is provided for stabilizing themounting of the blade in such a way as to prevent any wabbling movement thereof.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and des'ireto secure by Letters Patent is 1 :1. In aknife or cutter of the class described, the combination with a handled bar or shaft, of a knife blade mounted thereon and extended at a right angle therefrom, and a rotary cutter journaled on said blade near one of its ends. 7

2. In a knife or-cutter of the class described, the combination with a handled bar or shaft, of a knife blade adjustably mounted thereon and extended at a right angle therefrom, said blade also extended at an angle therefrom with respect to said handle, and a rotary cutter journaled on said blade near one of its ends. I

3. In a knife or cutter of the class described, the combination with a horizontally disposed shaft, of a handle mounted thereon for longitudinal and vertical adjustment with respect to said shaft, a knife blade mounted on said shaft and extended there- 1,530,796 a i i 3 from at a ri ht an de and a rotar cutter mounted on said shaft on each side ofisaid c a c a n H oul'naled on sand blade near one OI its ends. handle and each extended 1n the same dlrec- 4:- In a knife or cutter of the class de tion from said shaft in parallelism With one 1 scribed, the combination With a horizontally another, and a rotarycutter journaled on disposed shaft, of a handle mounted thereon each of saidbla-des near one of its ends.

for longitudinal and rotatably vertical ada jnstment with respect thereto, a knife blade i HANS C. THOMSEN. 

